CON: Should U.S. take unilateral military action against Syria?

CON: Obama can insist on UN involvement

7:10 PM,
Sep. 6, 2013

Written by

The Chicago Tribune

President Barack Obama asks members of Congress to fulfill his threat that Bashar Assad's regime would suffer "enormous consequences" if the Syrian leader used, or even transported, his stores of chemical weapons.

Any presidential call to arms deserves scrutiny and, if it's deemed justified, citizens' deference: The first duty of the person we elect as commander-in-chief is to defend the U.S. and its interests as he or she sees fit. Obama's backers say congressional refusal to heed this call to arms would, because of his numerous and globally broadcast threats, savage the credibility of ...